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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 30, 2021, 2:49 PM EST for Baldwin County, Jones County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2021, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2021, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
949
WUUS52 KFFC 301949
SVRFFC
GAC009-169-319-302015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0163.211230T1949Z-211230T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
249 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Wilkinson County in central Georgia...
Baldwin County in central Georgia...
Southeastern Jones County in central Georgia...
* Until 315 PM EST.
* At 249 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clinton, or
over Gray, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Milledgeville, Gray, Midway-Hardwick, Postell, James, Coopers,
Underwood, Allenwood, Haddock, Pancras, Greenberry Crossroads,
Clinton, Scottsboro, Hardwick and Browns Crossing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3297 8307 3296 8307 3290 8360 3301 8364
3318 8322 3316 8313 3310 8311 3308 8312
3306 8310 3305 8310 3297 8306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 252DEG 36KT 3298 8355
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
262
WWUS52 KFFC 302008
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
308 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021
GAC169-319-302017-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-211230T2015Z/
Wilkinson GA-Jones GA-
308 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WILKINSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for
central and east central Georgia.
LAT...LON 3293 8335 3310 8341 3318 8322 3316 8313
3310 8311 3308 8312 3306 8310 3302 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 252DEG 36KT 3304 8334
$$
GAC009-302015-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-211230T2015Z/
Baldwin GA-
308 PM EST Thu Dec 30 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST
FOR BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 307 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Browns
Crossing, or near Milledgeville, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Milledgeville, Midway-Hardwick, Coopers, Underwood, Hardwick, Browns
Crossing, Allenwood, Pancras and Scottsboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3293 8335 3310 8341 3318 8322 3316 8313
3310 8311 3308 8312 3306 8310 3302 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 252DEG 36KT 3304 8334
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 8:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 32 min |
| Dec 29, 8:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dade | 34 min |
| Dec 29, 9:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 23 min |
| Dec 29, 9:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 32 min |
| Dec 29, 9:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 52 min |
| Dec 29, 9:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 48 min |
| Dec 29, 10:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield | 40 min |
| Dec 29, 10:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Floyd | 30 min |
| Dec 29, 10:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 44 min |
| Dec 29, 10:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 38 min |
| Dec 29, 10:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 34 min |
| Dec 29, 10:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Haralson | 24 min |
| Dec 29, 11:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton and 3 more | 52 min |
| Dec 29, 11:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 48 min |
| Dec 29, 11:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks, Hall, White | 25 min |
| Dec 29, 11:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Dec 29, 11:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 27 min |
| Dec 30, 12:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Dec 30, 12:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clarke, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison | 31 min |
| Dec 30, 1:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Fulton, Oconee, Walton | 60 min |
| Dec 30, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 23 min |
| Dec 30, 1:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 9 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 33 min |
| Dec 30, 1:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Morgan, Rockdale | 58 min |
| Dec 30, 4:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Heard | 40 min |
| Dec 30, 5:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard | 52 min |
| Dec 30, 5:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 7:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson | 38 min |
| Dec 30, 8:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 52 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:35 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 34 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 23 min |
| Dec 30, 9:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, Fayette | 23 min |
| Dec 30, 9:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Henry | 32 min |
| Dec 30, 9:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 11 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 54 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 103 min |
| Dec 30, 9:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Heard and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry, Newton | 33 min |
| Dec 30, 10:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 61 min |
| Dec 30, 10:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rockdale and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 26 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Heard | 66 min |
| Dec 30, 12:05 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 19 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilcox | 34 min |
| Dec 30, 12:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 28 min |
| Dec 30, 12:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 29 min |
| Dec 30, 12:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 27 min |
| Dec 30, 12:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 36 min |
| Dec 30, 12:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 36 min |
| Dec 30, 1:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Troup | 32 min |
| Dec 30, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 28 min |
| Dec 30, 2:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 28 min |
| Dec 30, 2:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Dec 30, 2:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Pike | 33 min |
| Dec 30, 2:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 33 min |
| Dec 30, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Lamar, Monroe, Pike | 27 min |
| Dec 30, 2:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Toombs | 33 min |
| Dec 30, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach | 44 min |
| Dec 30, 2:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Telfair | 39 min |
| Dec 30, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Putnam | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 31 min |
| Dec 30, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 3:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wheeler | 26 min |
| Dec 30, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Dec 30, 3:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Dec 30, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 50 min |
| Dec 30, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 31 min |
| Dec 30, 3:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Twiggs | 35 min |
| Dec 30, 3:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Houston, Peach | 34 min |
| Dec 30, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 46 min |
| Dec 30, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 40 min |
| Dec 30, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 50 min |
| Dec 30, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Dec 30, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor, Upson | 27 min |
| Dec 30, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.